Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 12PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121212121111111111101010101015914141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12011030919861748777750572606505486408339332370289238347419425942915545362
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59AM
1.73
4:05PM
1.01
1:57AM
1.63
5:26PM
1.04
3:07AM
1.50
6:30PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
-0.34
7:41PM
0.86
9:53AM
-0.28
9:07PM
0.90
11:02AM
-0.22
10:51PM
0.85
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--6:26-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset-----7:45-------7:46-------7:47--
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
81111111----------------
Temp. °C121313141414131212121213141413121211111314141212
Feels °C (?)101099891091011101112121211119810101099
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